翻船

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (翻船)		翻	船
simp. #(翻船)		翻	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ syun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanchuán
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-chʻuan²
    • Yale: fān-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanchwan
    • Palladius: фаньчуань (fanʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 帆船 翻船

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ syun⁴
    • Yale: fāan syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ syːn²¹/

Verb

翻船

1. to capsize; to shipwreck
2. (figurative) to have a setback; to fall through; to fail to do something

See also

• 翻車／翻车 (fānchē, “(of a car or vehicle) to flip over; to overturn”)